Public schools in Covina, CA

Covina has 17 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 4 middle, 8 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 11,254 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Covina-Valley Unified runs 11 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Covina's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in CovinaDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Covina-Valley Unified1111,130$18,183
Charter Oak Unified54,283$17,587
Azusa Unified16,754$20,674

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Covina, 3,677 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Charter Oak High1,25922.151.8%Charter Oak Unified
Northview High1,24722.461.3%Covina-Valley Unified
Covina High1,05620.755.7%Covina-Valley Unified
Fairvalley High (Continuation)1157.967.8%Covina-Valley Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Covina, 3,601 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Gladstone High1,32622.477.3%Azusa Unified
Las Palmas Middle88722.663.2%Covina-Valley Unified
Sierra Vista Middle77821.753.0%Covina-Valley Unified
Royal Oak Middle61021.056.1%Charter Oak Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

8 elementary schools in Covina, 3,919 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Cedargrove Elementary56924.761.9%Charter Oak Unified
Cypress Elementary55826.266.1%Covina-Valley Unified
Barranca Elementary52925.259.4%Covina-Valley Unified
Ben Lomond Elementary50622.559.7%Covina-Valley Unified
Merwin Elementary46223.168.2%Covina-Valley Unified
Badillo Elementary44222.157.7%Charter Oak Unified
Glen Oak Elementary42821.461.9%Charter Oak Unified
Manzanita Elementary42523.045.9%Covina-Valley Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Covina, 57 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Covina-Valley Learning Options Academy5720.468.4%Covina-Valley Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Covina's public schools compare with California's

The median Covina school has 22.4 students per full-time teacher, more than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 558 students (state 471).

Covina against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
CovinaCalifornia
Median students per teacher22.421.6
Median school size (students)558471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)38%74%
Charter schools0%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 17 Covina schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Covina

  1. Covina-Valley UnifiedRuns 11 of Covina's 17 public schools and spent $18,183 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,183
  2. Charter Oak High, the largest high school in Covina1,259 students in 2024-25, 22.1 per teacher.1,259
  3. Compare Covina-Valley Unified with Charter Oak UnifiedCovina's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Covina addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Covina

  1. How many public schools are in Covina, CA?
    17 public schools with an address in Covina were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 4 middle, 8 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 11,254 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Covina?
    Charter Oak High, with 1,259 students in 2024-25 (Charter Oak Unified).
  3. Which districts run Covina's schools?
    Covina-Valley Unified (11 schools), Charter Oak Unified (5 schools), Azusa Unified (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .